Pelaw Main Mining Fear
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Mr. James (Lab., N.S.W.) asked the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1952
1,300 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 65
Bar To Machines In Pillars Miners Seek Better Stowage
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation to-day declared that machines should not be introduced to extract pillar coal till a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Mine Accidents
James Hindmarsh, 17, of Barrett-avenue, Cessnock, clipper at Aberdare Extended colliery, broke his left forearm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Output Of Coal Has Good Start
SYDNEY, Friday. — Coal production in New South Wales was almost 200,000 tons higher for the period ended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Northern Mines Idle
Hebburn No. 2 mine-workers are on strike to-day because they object to a newspaper cartoon which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →162 Reported Killed Uranium Mine Blast
BERLIN, Mon. (A.A.P.).—The newspaper "Telegraf" said today that a blast in a Soviet zone uranium mine last Wednesday killed 162 members of a Communist Youth Brigade and injured 70…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Output
Output of gold in Australia for the 11 months of 1951 ended November 30 showed an increase of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Production Improving
CANBERRA, Monday. —Gold production for the 11 months to last November showed a slight increase on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Fall Buries Wheeler
Miners took 45 minutes to release a wheeler buried under a fall of coal at Aberdare Extended colliery yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soviet Zone Mine Blast Reported
BERLIN, Feb. 11. A.A.P.—The newspaper "Telegraf" said to-day that a blast in a Soviet zone uranium mine last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pinned In Mine For 20 Hours
KALGOORLIE: Pinned by one arm, a gold miner has been buried at the Lake View and Star mine for more than 20 hours. The miner, Percival…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →7 Mines Idle Today In North
New South Wales southern and western mines had a stoppage-free day today, but on the northern field…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blair Athol Oil From Coal Hope
BRISBANE, Monday.—Development of oil from Blair Athol (North Queensland) coal resources will be considered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Plant To Be Imported
CANBERRA, Monday.—The Minister for Trade and Customs (Senator O'Sullivan) to-day approved special dollar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Reply on Stowage
SYDNEY: Colliery proprietors were misrepresenting the mine stowage problem in the hope that mine workers would bear the loss in reduced safety and work security, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nine Mines Idle In North
Nine mines were idle in the North yesterday for a coal loss of about 5700 tons. The idle mines were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"No Work" Blew As Miners Met
The management of Burwood Colliery, largest mine on the northern coalfields, blew the no-work whistle today while miners were still holding a meeting more than an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Thieves' £11,160; Escaped By Toboggan
OTTAWA, Tues. (A.A.P.)— Three men armed with rifles and pistols overpowered three watchmen at the Eunor gold mine (Ontario) early today and escaped by toboggan with 25,000 dollars (about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'No Work' Whistle At Mine
The management blew the "no work" whistle while Burwood mine employees were holding a pit-top meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal-washing Plant "Raises Yield"
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An increased yield would result from the use of coal-washing machinery developed in…
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